Sanskrit quote nr. 677 (Maha-subhashita-samgraha)
Sanskrit text:
अत्याजिलब्धविजयप्रसरस्त्वया किं विज्ञायते रुचिपदं न महीमहेन्द्रः ।
प्रत्यर्थिदानवशताहितचेष्टयासौ जीमूतवाहनधियं न करोति कस्य ॥atyājilabdhavijayaprasarastvayā kiṃ vijñāyate rucipadaṃ na mahīmahendraḥ |
pratyarthidānavaśatāhitaceṣṭayāsau jīmūtavāhanadhiyaṃ na karoti kasya ||
Index
Presented above is a Sanskrit aphorism, also known as a subhāṣita, which is at the very least, a literary piece of art. This page provides critical research material such as an anlaysis on the poetic meter used, an English translation, a glossary explaining technical terms, and a list of resources including print editions and digital links.
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: Consider this as an approximate extraction of glossary words based on an experimental segmentation of the Sanskrit verse. Some could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned.
Ati (अति): defined in 9 categories.
Atya (अत्य, atyā, अत्या): defined in 2 categories.
Labdha (लब्ध): defined in 10 categories.
Vijaya (विजय): defined in 27 categories.
Prasara (प्रसर): defined in 10 categories.
Tva (tvā, त्वा): defined in 3 categories.
Yushmad (yusmad, yuṣmad, युष्मद्): defined in 3 categories.
Kim (किम्): defined in 4 categories.
Vijna (vijña, विज्ञ): defined in 5 categories.
Vijnaya (vijñāya, विज्ञाय): defined in 1 categories.
Ta (त, tā, ता): defined in 11 categories.
Tad (तद्): defined in 5 categories.
Ruci (rucī, रुची): defined in 12 categories.
Pada (पद): defined in 28 categories.
Na (न): defined in 12 categories.
Mahimahendra (mahīmahendra, महीमहेन्द्र): defined in 1 categories.
Pratyarthin (प्रत्यर्थिन्): defined in 1 categories.
Danava (dānava, दानव): defined in 12 categories.
Shata (sata, śata, शत): defined in 18 categories.
Ahita (अहित): defined in 8 categories.
Ceshta (cesta, ceṣṭā, चेष्टा): defined in 11 categories.
Asi (असि): defined in 16 categories.
Asu (असु): defined in 9 categories.
Adah (adaḥ, अदः): defined in 1 categories.
Jimutavahana (jīmūtavāhana, जीमूतवाहन): defined in 7 categories.
Dhi (dhī, धी): defined in 14 categories.
Ka (क): defined in 15 categories.
Defined according to the following glossaries/dictionaries: Sanskrit, Pali, Ayurveda (science of life), Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar), India history, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Biology (plants and animals), Purana (epic history), Shaktism (Shakta philosophy), Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy), Dharmashastra (religious law), Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra), Arts (wordly enjoyments), Hinduism, Jainism, Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism), Vastushastra (architecture), Shilpashastra (iconography), Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma), Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy), Kavya (poetry), Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology), Rasashastra (chemistry and alchemy), Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa), Theravada (major branch of Buddhism), Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres), Prakrit, Gitashastra (science of music), Tamil, Nepali, Buddhism, Yoga (school of philosophy), Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism), Mantrashastra (the science of Mantras), Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit verse. If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “atyājilabdhavijayaprasarastvayā kiṃ vijñāyate rucipadaṃ na mahīmahendraḥ”
- atyā -
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ati (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]ati (indeclinable)[indeclinable]atya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]atya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√at -> atya (absolutive)[absolutive from √at]atyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āji -
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āji (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]
- labdha -
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labdha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]labdha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]√labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √labh class 1 verb]
- vijaya -
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vijaya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vijaya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- prasaras -
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prasara (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- tvayā -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[instrumental single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- vijñāya -
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vijñāya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]vijñāya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]vijña (noun, masculine)[dative single]vijña (noun, neuter)[dative single]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]
- ruci -
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ruci (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ruci (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]rucī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ruc (noun, feminine)[locative single]
- padam -
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pada (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- mahīmahendraḥ -
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mahīmahendra (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- Line 2: “pratyarthidānavaśatāhitaceṣṭayāsau jīmūtavāhanadhiyaṃ na karoti kasya”
- pratyarthi -
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pratyarthin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]pratyarthin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dānava -
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dānava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]dānava (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- śatā -
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śata (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ahita -
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ahita (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ahita (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- ceṣṭayā -
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ceṣṭā (noun, feminine)[instrumental single]√ceṣṭ (verb class 0)[imperative active second single]
- asau -
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asi (noun, feminine)[locative single]asi (noun, masculine)[locative single]asu (noun, masculine)[locative single]adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[nominative single]adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- jīmūtavāhana -
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jīmūtavāhana (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- dhiyam -
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dhī (noun, feminine)[accusative single]
- na -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karoti -
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√kṛ (verb class 8)[present active third single]
- kasya -
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√kas -> kasya (absolutive)[absolutive from √kas]ka (noun, masculine)[genitive single]ka (noun, neuter)[genitive single]kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]kim (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]
About the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha
buy this bookThis quote is included within the Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha (महासुभाषितसंग्रह, maha-subhashita-samgraha / subhasita-sangraha), which is a compendium of Sanskrit aphorisms (subhāṣita), collected from various sources. Subhāṣita is a genre of Sanskrit literature, exposing the vast and rich cultural heritage of ancient India.
It has serial number 677 and can be found on page . (read on archive.org)
Sanskrit is the oldest living language and bears testimony to the intellectual past of ancient India. Three major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) share this language, which is used for many of their holy books. Besides religious manuscripts, much of India’s ancient culture has been preserved in Sanskrit, covering topics such as Architecture, Music, Botany, Surgery, Ethics, Philosophy, Dance and much more.